Contents

Editorial

Table of Content

Guest Editorial
– Vivek Chadha

Focus

India’s Politico-Military Strategy for the 1971 India–Pakistan War
– J.S. Cheema

Politics in Pakistan and the Bangladesh Liberation War, 1971
– Guru Saday Batabyal

Language, Culture and the Creation of Bangladesh
– Dorothy Deb

1971, the War as I Saw It
– Shamsher M. Chowdhury

Land Warfare in the Eastern Theatre: 1971 Indo-Pak War
– P.K. Chakravorty

The Battle of Garibpur
– Vijay Yeshvant Gidh

Eagle Unleashed: IAF Strategy and Operations
– Diptendu Choudhury

Sagat and Helicopters: True Pillars of Victory
– Rajesh Isser

Operational Aspects of the 1971 War in the Maritime Domain
– Srikant B. Kesnur, M. Doraibabu and Ashish Kale

The Protection of Sea Lines of Communication during 1971 War
– Somita Chakraborty

Planning and Impact of Special Operations during the 1971 Indo-Pak War
– Vinod Bhatia

The Mukti Bahini: Three Dimensional Guerillas
– Sandeep Unnithan

Role of the United States in the 1971 War: Implications for
India–US Relations
– Saroj Bishoyi

Did Pakistan Learn from its Bangladesh Experience?
– Ashok Behuria

Mistakes on Repeat Mode: Pakistan’s Civil–Military Debacle
– Karnika Jain